sfReCaptcha plugin
==================
The reCAPTCHA project takes unOCRable bits of text and uses people to decipher
them via CAPTCHA tests.
Answers are verified by juxtaposing deciphered texts with the undeciphered.
By implementing reCAPTCHA you are helping digitize books.
The `sfReCaptcha` plugin integrates the reCAPTCHA service in symfony.
It comes with a custom validator as well as an example module which demonstrates the usage.
For more information on reCAPTCHA visit [recaptcha.net](http://www.recaptcha.net).
Installation
------------
To install the plugin, navigate to your symfony project root and run:
$ symfony plugin-install http://plugins.symfony-project.com/sfReCaptchaPlugin
In order to use the reCAPTCHA or Mailhide service, you first need to sign up and
get an API key.
You can do this [here](http://recaptcha.net/api/getkey?app=php) for reCAPTCHA and
[here](http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/apikey) for Mailhide.
>**NOTE** If you're using a name-based virtual host like `http://jobeet`, the
>API key registration will fail because the reCAPTCHA service doesn't identify
>your `ServerName` as a valid URI.
To handle this, simply append a `.tld` to your `ServerName` variable (e.g.
`ServerName askeet.org`).
Insert your API keys in your applications `app.yml`:
[yml]
all:
recaptcha:
active: true
publickey: "foo"
privatekey: "bar"
mailhide:
publickey: "foo"
privatekey: "bar"
test:
recaptcha:
active: false
>**NOTE** It's important to make recaptcha *not* active in your test environment.
>Otherwise, your tests will fail, since reCAPTCHA is not testable.
Examples
--------
You can see an example module by enabling `recaptcha` in your applications `settings.yml`:
[yml]
all:
.settings:
enabled_modules: [recaptcha]
and clear your cache afterwards:
$ symfony cc
Now you can see an example of reCAPTCHA by navigating to:
http://foobar.com/frontend_dev.php/recaptcha
or for Mailhide example, to:
http://foobar.com/frontend_dev.php/recaptcha/mailhide
Real world use
--------------
To use reCAPTCHA in your forms, simply extend `reCaptchaForm` instead of `BaseForm`:
[php]
class myForm extends reCaptchaForm
{
public function configure()
{
// your definitions here...
parent::configure();
}
}
Please pay attention to insert `parent::configure()` in your form, otherwise
you'll get an error.
Then, you can put in your template, where you want your CAPTCHA widget:
[php]
<?php use_helper('recaptcha') ?>
[...]
<?php if (sfConfig::get('app_recaptcha_active', false)): ?>
<?php echo recaptcha_get_html(sfConfig::get('app_recaptcha_publickey'), $form['response']->getError()) ?>
<?php endif ?>
If you are using a form bound to an ORM, you should extend reCaptchaPropelForm
or reCaptchaDoctrineForm instead of reCaptchaForm.
If you can't modify form extension, you need a bit more work.
Put this code in the `configure()` method of your form:
[php]
// reCaptcha
if (sfConfig::get('app_recaptcha_active', false))
{
$this->setWidget('response', new sfWidgetFormInput());
$this->validatorSchema->setPostValidator(
new sfValidatorSchemaReCaptcha('challenge', 'response')
);
$this->validatorSchema->setOption('allow_extra_fields', true);
$this->validatorSchema->setOption('filter_extra_fields', false);
}
And the following code in your action:
[php]
if ($request->isMethod(sfRequest::POST))
{
$requestData = $request->getParameter($this->form->getName());
if (sfConfig::get('app_recaptcha_active', false))
{
$requestData['challenge'] = $this->getRequestParameter('recaptcha_challenge_field');
$requestData['response'] = $this->getRequestParameter('recaptcha_response_field');
}
$this->form->bind($requestData);
if ($this->form->isValid())
{
// ...
}
}
Finally, the template is just the same seen above:
[php]
<?php use_helper('recaptcha') ?>
[...]
<?php if (sfConfig::get('app_recaptcha_active', false)): ?>
<?php echo recaptcha_get_html(sfConfig::get('app_recaptcha_publickey'), $form['response']->getError()) ?>
<?php endif ?>
Issue with iframe
-----------------
If you need an output compliant with XHTML strict, you can pass an optional
4th parameter to `recaptcha_get_html()`, that forces use of `object` tag
instead of the unsupported `iframe`:
[php]
<?php echo recaptcha_get_html(sfConfig::get('app_recaptcha_publickey'), $form['response']->getError(), false, true) ?>